Excerpt from Misadventure, Vol. 2 of 3 I daresay it won't last long. Those good folks may con sole themselves with the thought that they'll see no more of me than I can help after my revered pre decessor has been laid to rest in the family vault. Once let me get possession, and they may all go to the deuce together for anything that I shall care. Cicely will have my full consent to marry whom she pleases then, and if she chooses Archie in preference to Chetwode I shall be most happy to escort her to church and give her away. I rejoice in promoting the welfare of my fellow creatures, so long as it doesn't interfere with my own. Revolving these and other sentiments, not less hand some and liberal, in his mind, Morton reached the end of his journey homewards in very good humour. In obedience to his instructions, a carriage had been sent from the Priory to meet him, and he was at once driven to Upton Chetwode, where he was received by Mark's French Valet. That urbane personage, apologizing for his master, who had not yet come in, conducted Morton to one of the spacious, dismal bedrooms, unpacked his dress-clothes for him, and retired with the remark that dinner would be served in half an hour precisely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.